This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

In order to answer a question, the student will need to:
• Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
• From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Below shows a number of typical patterns and examples
• Adding a certain number to get the next:
  1.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  69121518 ⇒

  A) 18

  B) 9

  C) 15

  D) 30

  E) 21

  [Correct Answer]:E
• Deducting a certain number to get the next:
  2.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  12111098 ⇒

  A) 10

  B) 5

  C) 7

  D) 3

  E) 8

  [Correct Answer]:C
• Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
  3.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  246101626 ⇒

  A) 38

  B) 40

  C) 42

  D) 45

  E) 41

  [Correct Answer]:C
• Every 3 numbers repeat:
  4.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  1471471471 ⇒

  A) 4

  B) 7

  C) 13

  D) 10

  E) 1

  [Correct Answer]:A
• Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
  5.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  
  234423342234 ⇒

  A) 5

  B) 4

  C) 2

  D) 6

  E) 3

  [Correct Answer]:B
• Every 4 numbers repeat:
  6.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  

  1

  11

   

  1

  9

   

  1

  7

   

  1

  5

   

  1

  11

   

  1

  9

   

  1

  7

   

  1

  5

   

  1

  11

   

  1

  9

   

  1

  7

   

  1

  5

   

  1

  11

    ⇒

  A) 1 15

  B) 1 9

  C) 1 7

  D) 1 13

  E) 1 5

  [Correct Answer]:B
• Every 4 numbers as a group:
  7.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  123422343234423⇒

  A) 4

  B) 1

  C) 5

  D) 2

  E) 3

  [Correct Answer]:A
• Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
  8.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  
  

  4

  5

   

  5

  6

   

  6

  7

   

  7

  8

   

  8

  9

   

  9

  10

   ⇒

  A) 12 11

  B) 9 11

  C) 10 9

  D) 10 11

  E) 10 12

  [Correct Answer]:D
• Each number is square number in sequence:
  9.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  
  14916 ⇒

  A) 5

  B) 30

  C) 40

  D) 25

  E) 35

  [Correct Answer]:D
• Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
  10.  Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
  676767776777677777677 ⇒

  A) 777767

  B) 776777

  C) 77767777

  D) 7776777

  E) 7777677

  [Correct Answer]:D